Several wounded in knife attack on German train

An ICE high-speed train at the train station of Seubersdorf, southern Germany after several people were wounded in a knife attack on the train BERLIN, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several people were wounded on Saturday in a knife attack on a high-speed train in southern Germany, local police said, adding…

France, Netherlands and Britain on bird flu alert following a hundred outbreaks

PARIS, Nov 6 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — With Europe reporting over a hundred outbreaks of bird flu in recent months, the Netherlands and now France have ordered poultry farmers to keep their chickens indoors. The poultry lockdown measure has already been in place in certain areas in France since September. The order…

Brazil cuts down import tariffs to fight growing inflation

BRASILIA, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In a move aimed at curbing inflation, Brazil Friday announced a 10% reduction of import tariffs on 87% of goods and services until December 31, 2022. Economy Minister Paulo Guedes now expects the other Mercosur countries to do the same. In a joint note from…

US offers $5m rewards for information on Mexican drug traffickers

More than 300,000 people have been murdered since the government deployed the military in the war on drugs in 2006 WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States State Department has announced rewards of up to $5m each for information that will help authorities capture and convict four Mexican drug…

Fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone capital causes at least 90 deaths, injuries

FREETOWN, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The state-run central morgue in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown has received 91 bodies as a result of a fuel tanker explosion that occurred in the early hours of Saturday, its manager Sinneh Kamara said. Vice President, Dr Mohammed Juldeh Jalloh visited the Connaught Hospital and…

At least eight killed in crush at US music festival: Official

HOUSTON, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least eight people have been killed in an apparent trampling during the first night of a music festival in the US state of Texas, an emergency response official has said. The fire chief of the city of Houston confirmed the deaths late on Friday…

US court convicts Chinese intelligence agent of economic spying

Xu was one of 11 Chinese nationals, including two intelligence officers, named in October 2018 indictments for involvement in a five-year scheme to steal technology from the US-based GE Aviation CINCINNATI (Ohio, US), Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Chinese intelligence officer has been convicted in US federal court of economic…

Niger says 11 soldiers killed, nine missing after attack

  NIAMEY, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eleven soldiers were killed and nine reported “missing” on Friday following a jihadist attack on an army position in Dagne in western Niger, days after 69 civilians died in an ambush, thegovernment said.   The attack by “a column of heavily armed terrorists in…

Ethiopia-Tigray crisis: UN Security Council calls for ceasefire as US urges its citizens to leave immediately

  UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council called for a ceasefire in Ethiopia, expressing “deep concern” over the escalation of fighting in the north of the conflict-hit country.   “The members of the Security Council expressed deep concern about the expansion and intensification of military clashes…

Passengers run off after plane makes emergency landing in Spain

  MADRID, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One of Spain’s busiest airports, Palma de Mallorca, was forced to close for nearly four hours after several passengers ran off when their plane made an emergency landing, according to airportauthorities.   The aircraft, which was on a flight between Morocco and Turkey, was…